Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201523651 - Employee Receives Electrical Shock When Contacting Charger

Accident Summary Nr: 201523651 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 06/22/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314617341	08/09/2010	5411	445110	The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 4:09 p.m. on July 22, 2010, Employee #1 was moving a u-boat type grocery cart. A battery charger near by was missing its path to the ground, and the cables that lead to the powered pallet jack that it charged were damaged and showing the internal insulated conductors. The cart brushed against the battery charger, and Employee #1 received an electrical shock. He had to sit down for approximately thirty minutes. He was later hospitalized as he could not move his legs from the knees down.

Keywords: SHOCK, ELECTRIC SHOCK, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314617341			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Stock and inventory clerks

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